1. Improvement Projects done by Mr.Prabageran Thiagarayah
1. Lead Plant Steering committee in the plant and member to the area steering committee in
the Europe region Hydro Germany, Italy, Norway - Hydro
2. Improving Caster productivity through SMED activity – HYDRO
3. Improving Cold Mill productivity through SMED activity – HYDRO
4. Improving Roll Grinder productivity through SMED activity – HYDRO
5. Improving Foil Mill ( Rolling Mills) productivity through SMED activity – HYDRO
6. Improving Foil Slitter productivity through SMED activity – HYDRO
7. Establish plant wide 5S initiative – Hydro
8. Designing and Implementation of 5S rotation board which consist of
9. 5S periodic audit check
10. Red card and Yellow card implementation
11. 5 minute 5S Activity – Hyrdo
12. Restructuring operation meeting structure for better communication among the
management team and operation - Hydro
13. Established Standard Information / production board across the plant – Hydro
14. Structured and implemented Small Improvement Activity (SIA) for improving quick will
opportunity – Hydro
15. Structured and implemented Continuous Improvement Project ( CIP) – Hydro
16. Structured and implemented the methodology of Project Management and Monitoring
System – Hydro.
17. Cost saving initiative of Scrap Reduction activity – Hydro.
18. Yearly plant wide Policy Deployment Activities – Structuring the KPI’s – Hydro
19. Establish a suggestion program (idea collection, evaluation, implementation, reward) -
Hydro
20. Implementation of Value Stream Management – Foil Focus only – Hydro
21. Implementation of OPMS ( Operational Management System) - 24h meetings based on
22. OEE (overall equipment efficiency) - Hydro
23. Introduce and define the methodology and implemented the HAM Gemba Walk – Hydro
24. Improving and sustaining the consistency of Range To Fault (RTF) equipments –
Flextronics
25. Identify and implement cost saving initiative for DC 34 hand vacuum cleaner – Dyson

2. Improvement Projects done by Mr.Prabageran Thiagarayah
26. Identify and implement cost saving initiative for Air Multiplier Product – Dyson
27. Qualifying process and production line of Dyson’s OEM’s - ATA, Mayban,SKP plastic
28. Improving and sustaining the consistency of Range To Fault (RTF) equipments of
Xerox– Fletronics
29. Minimizing waste and maximizing efficiency of resources through Cellular
Manufacturing workplace design for Xerox conveyor working line – Flextronics
30. Line balancing activities – Flextronics
31. New line set-up for Xerox’s Jupiter project – Hydro
32. Head count reduction activities through process improvement – Flextronics
33. Establish the repair and troubleshooting traceability record for Xerox Jupiter testers-
Flextronics
34. Warp reduction initiative for Yield Improvement - Maruwa
35. Visual gating gadget – consistency improvement – process capability consistency-
Maruwa
36. Improving the visual process efficiency- Maruwa
37. Sand blasting process capability improvement – surface finish- Maruwa
38. Productivity optimization at heat furnace- Maruwa
39. Yield improvement through scrap reduction- Maruwa
40. Slitting tool and pressing process improvement - Maruwa
41. Alumina ball and substrate raw material mixing standardization. - Maruwa
42. Heat curve matrix for tabulating exact furnace usage- Maruwa
43. Ferrite process improvement by implementing weight block jig and fixture- Maruwa